Day: December 7, 2006

The EETimes is reporting that there has been a major breakthrough in the efficiency of solar cells. Up until now, solar cells have only operated at between 12-18% efficient. Through a grant from the DOE, Boeing-Spectrolab has managed to over double or triple that to 40.7% efficiency. That’s pretty impressive. This means solar cells can […]

Cartifact, a Los Angeles-based mapping firm, has produced a visual mapping tool of concentrations of homeless people in downtown Los Angeles which, according to the map website, is the epicenter of the largest homeless population in the US. The map animation shows how the concentrations of homeless people shift around the area over a 4-week […]

The Gird Particle Physics project has a neat feature that lets you monitor grid computing in real time around the world. Basically, in order to do the calculations needed for the world’s largest particle accelerator, scientists have turned to grid computing. For readers who might be unaware exactly what that is, it is more or […]